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[Event "Balashov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/m6zp0meK"] [Date "2020.06.12"] [Round "-"] [White "ivan"] [Black "Dominic"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.06.12"] [UTCTime "16:03:53"] [WhiteElo "1677"] [BlackElo "1192"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C02"] [Opening "French Defense: Advance Variation, Extended Bishop Swap"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bd7 { C02 French Defense: Advance Variation, Extended Bishop Swap } 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bg5 Bb5 6. Bxd8 Bb4+ 7. c3 Ba5 8. Bxb5+ axb5 9. Bh4 Ne7 10. Bxe7 Kxe7 11. b4 Bb6 12. Na3 Rxa3 13. Qc1 c5 14. Qxa3 cxb4 15. Qxb4+ Kd8 16. Qxb5 Ba7 17. Qxb7 Nc6 18. Qxa7 Nxa7 19. Rb1 Kd7 20. Rb7+ Kc6 21. Rxa7 Kb6 22. Rxf7 Ra8 23. Ke2 Rxa2+ 24. Nd2 Kb5 25. Rxg7 Ka4 26. Ra7+ Kb5 27. Rxa2 h5 28. Rb1+ Kc6 29. Ra6+ Kc7 30. Rxe6 Kd7 31. Rh6 Ke7 32. Rxh5 Kf7 33. Rh6 Kg7 34. Ra6 Kf7 35. Rb7+ Ke8 36. Ra8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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